Alive and Beating – Editorial Review
Title: Alive and Beating Author: Rebecca Wolf Genre: Literary fiction Alive and Beating by Rebecca Wolf is based on a true story about her friend who died and donated her organs.
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The Woman in Green – Editorial Review
Title: The Woman in Green Author: Larry Lockridge Genre: Literary Fiction The Woman in Green is the final installment in Lockridge’s Enigma Quartet series. The four novels can be read independently, but there are connections, similarities, and related themes.
A Dry Heat – Editorial Review
Title: A Dry Heat: Collected Stories Author: Gregory D. Williams Genre: Literary Fiction / Short Stories A Dry Heat is a compilation of nine short stories separated into three parts that roughly correspond to early adolescence, young adulthood, and middle/late- age.
Intimate Fractures – Editorial Review
Title: Intimate Fractures: The Aftermath of a Rape Author: Wagih Abu-Rish Genre: Literary fiction In Intimate Fractures: The Aftermath of a Rape by Wagih Abu-Rish, Mustafa, a Palestinian student, has just started to adjust to his life at Duke University and is newly dating a spirited girl named Zeina.
Raking the Dust – Book Review
Recently, I mentioned to an author that writing can sometimes seem a trivial and frivolous occupation. She replied that she never thought of it that way. It made me wonder if insecurity about writing is more of a male problem than a female one. Rather like male film actors who indulge in ‘manly’ excesses… Read More Raking the Dust – Book Review
The Snail’s Castle – Book Review
Carl Jung’s concept of the Shadow is one of many intertwined and mutually reinforcing themes in Mark Gordon’s complex and absorbing novel. The Shadow comprises the negative, primitive and morally reprehensible emotions and impulses inaccessible to the conscious mind: among them, lust, greed, envy, rage and the pursuit of power. It is at its… Read More The Snail’s Castle – Book Review
Mister Spoonface – Book Review
Fred Pooley has returned to London after six years in Hong Kong. He has worked hard and saved a little money, but something is wrong. He can’t settle down, he avoids visiting his mother, and there’s an emptiness inside him. Petra, a new girlfriend, tries hard to bring Fred out of himself, yet he… Read More Mister Spoonface – Book Review
Proud Patrick – Book Review
After reading Proud Patrick, I took it into my head to visit Michael O’Reilly’s profile on Goodreads, where I learned that he counts among his main influences, not only writers such as Forster, Hardy, Joyce, Melville, and Shakespeare, but also filmmakers such as Bergman, Cassavetes, Kubrick, Kurosawa, and Lean.
Hagseed – Book Review
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood Date Completed: 5/25/2017 Rating: 9/10 I jumped into this book knowing nothing about it, but that I had heard good things. I found that approach worked really well for me, so if you’d prefer, don’t read this, just know that you have my recommendation.
The Burning Girl – Book Review
I review The Burning Girl by Claire Messud. Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey… Read More The Burning Girl – Book Review
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